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  • Join us for the Indigenous Speaker Series: Diagnosing Truth, Healing and Conciliation Inside BC Health Care Systems

    Join us for the Indigenous Speaker Series: Diagnosing Truth, Healing and Conciliation Inside BC Health Care Systems

    Register for the Monday, Oct. 17 event, hosted by the REDI office.

  • Dr. Kiran Veerapen extended as Assistant Dean, Faculty Development

    Dr. Kiran Veerapen extended as Assistant Dean, Faculty Development

    A message from Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education. I am pleased to announce the extension of Dr. Kiran Veerapen as Assistant Dean, Faculty Development, in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, effective to December 31, 2022. Dr. Veerapen is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Veerapen will continue to provide strategic leadership…

  • Celebrate Academic Integrity Week, Oct. 17–21

    Celebrate Academic Integrity Week, Oct. 17–21

    Join the Academic Integrity Hub for Academic Integrity Week October 17–21, 2022, promoting academic integrity at UBC and beyond. Explore a range of events and resources, including Take Five for Integrity — an in-class awareness campaign supported with materials for instructors and in-class presentations from staff and students.

  • Dr. Calvin Roskelley appointed interim Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education

    Dr. Calvin Roskelley appointed interim Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education

    A message from Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education and Robert McMaster, Vice Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Calvin Roskelley as the interim Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, effective to December 31, 2022. Dr. Roskelley is a professor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences. His research…

  • VCHRI launch Strategic Plan 2022-2027

    VCHRI launch Strategic Plan 2022-2027

    Read the new plan: Integrating Research Innovation and Health Care

  • Dr. Dean Jones reappointed Associate Dean, Fraser

    Dr. Dean Jones reappointed Associate Dean, Fraser

    A message from Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education and Robert McMaster, Vice Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine. We are pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. Dean Jones as Associate Dean, Fraser for a five-year term effective to September 30, 2027. During his first term, Dr. Jones supported the successful implementation of medical and health professions distribution…

  • Applications for Thrive Grants open until Oct. 24

    Applications for Thrive Grants open until Oct. 24

    Thrive is a time when we come together as a UBC community to learn about, talk about, and explore ways to support our mental health. The last few years have brought unprecedented challenges and complexities that have impacted the mental health of our community, and now more than ever, it is important that we support one…

  • Call for applications: Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition

    Call for applications: Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition

    Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) offers faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver an opportunity to explore, develop and test new ideas on sustainability and climate action on campus. The 2022/23 CLL Fund Competition provides up to $50,000 in funding for teams to develop ‘living lab’ projects. The deadline to submit proposals is November 7, 2022.

  • Apply for funding to support Vancouver-Okanagan research collaborations

    Apply for funding to support Vancouver-Okanagan research collaborations

    The UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA) competition is now open. It provides up to $5,000 to support new or existing research partnerships between UBC researchers in the Okanagan and Vancouver. Faculty members from all disciplines are invited to apply by November 4, 2022. Funding may be used to cover travel and accommodation costs associated with…

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  • Join the Faculty’s commemorative virtual event for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

    Join the Faculty’s commemorative virtual event for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

    An invitation from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health. Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Healthinvites you to join a virtual event onTuesday, September 27, 202210:00–11:30 am PT.Given the discussion topic, this event may go beyond 11:30 am Please join us in coming together in a concerted effort to reflect…

  • Join us for the Indigenous Initiatives Speaker Series: We are Children of Indian Residential School Survivors

    Join us for the Indigenous Initiatives Speaker Series: We are Children of Indian Residential School Survivors

    An invitation from the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Join the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) on Wednesday, September 21 for We Are Children of Indian Residential School Survivors: Awakening Our Spirits, Our Purpose & Our Confidence. This event brings together a panel of Indigenous people who are children…

  • 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards

    2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards

    A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC. I am pleased to announce recipients of the 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards. These awards are an important opportunity to acknowledge faculty members who exemplify exceptional contributions in the areas of education, research and/or service, and who are dedicated to…

  • Community update from Dean Dermot Kelleher

    Community update from Dean Dermot Kelleher

    A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC. “Ripple in still waterWhen there is no pebble tossedNor wind to blow”- Ripple by The Grateful Dead I was introduced to this song by a bass player in a Dublin punk rock band who surprisingly told me that it was his favourite…

  • Register now: REDI Virtual Symposium on May 25

    Register now: REDI Virtual Symposium on May 25

    An invitation from the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Registration is now open for the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) inaugural virtual symposium: “Race Ideology: Historical Perspectives, Current Realities and Re-imagining the Future.” Please note the event will be recorded. When: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Time: 8:30 am–1 pm Why should you…

  • Call for nominations: 2022 Faculty of Medicine Awards

    Call for nominations: 2022 Faculty of Medicine Awards

    A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC. Nominations are now open for the 2022 Faculty of Medicine Awards. This suite of Faculty of Medicine awards was recently refreshed in 2021 and includes several new awards which were launched last year with much success. These awards provide an expanded opportunity to…

  • The future of medicine is now: Read the latest edition of Pathways

    The future of medicine is now: Read the latest edition of Pathways

    A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC. Every day, faculty, staff and students make remarkable scientific breakthroughs that bring us ever closer to solving life’s most pressing health challenges. The question is, how do we bring our research to patients sooner and safely, in the form of lifesaving medicine?…

  • Join us for the next Indigenous Initiatives Speaker Series

    Join us for the next Indigenous Initiatives Speaker Series

    An invitation from the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Please join the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) for the next Indigenous Initiatives Speaker Series. The event will feature Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer, Parliamentary Poet Laureate, who will talk about the Cree expression Ni tipeyihtenan ōhi acimōwina, meaning,…

  • Call for Nominations: 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards

    Call for Nominations: 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards

    A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC. Nominations are now open for the 2022 UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award. The Distinguished Achievement awards provide an important opportunity to acknowledge faculty members who exemplify exceptional contributions to the Faculty of Medicine in the areas of education, research and/or…